Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was so much going on around him after the World Cup , I 'm not sure even he knew what was going on . |
| 2 | She clearly had no time for Burley Woodhead when there was so much going on in Bradford . |
| 3 | ‘ I never knew there was so much going on in the world , ’ she said to John one day . |
| 4 | Because there was so little going on with the band I arranged to give myself a bit of a holiday . |
| 5 | By all accounts , William senior was not easy to get on with the turnover of partners in the early years of the practice was rapid , until he met his match in one Major Faulks in 1905 who not only outlived him , but stayed with the firm as a consultant until 1965 when he finally retired — at the age of 90 . |
| 6 | ‘ Rosie was still unable to latch on to the breast properly , and I was quite sure she was n't getting enough milk . ’ |
| 7 | In fact there was precious little to rely on in the unconscious unless the product was good enough to sell itself to the conscious senses , in which case the unconscious appeal was superfluous . |
| 8 | Leonora , the creative one , was perfectly happy to get on with her knitting in her little nook in the shop , help with the customers when trade was brisk , type what correspondence was necessary and otherwise leave Elise to the hard sell . |
| 9 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 10 | After the biplane era , Spencer Flack 's ‘ toy department ’ was now ready to move on to serious play . |
| 11 | There was n't much laid on for you because er I think with new people you 've got ta get them into the spirit of doing something otherwise you sit here , all sitting down doing nothing ! |
| 12 | I told her I was frightfully keen to carry on with French . |
| 13 | There was too much going on at DEA Nicosia for Control to risk losing the back-channel reports the DIA needed to maintain its overview of American operations in the Middle East . |
| 14 | There was too much going on for just one person to deal with . |
| 15 | The major felt there was too much going on in his head . |
| 16 | That was we were main one of the , my father seen er possibilities er when he attended the London show , he went er he , he was very much taken on with the Morris Cowley first of all . |
| 17 | There was very little going on in the neighbourhood , or even further afield , of which Purvis was not apprised . |
| 18 | And indeed it was very difficult to press on with the rehearsal . |